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The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening our own, is to get over the confusion by which we think that fact is real and imagination is illusion.

Thomas Moore

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Thomas Moore
Born: 1779
Born: May 28
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Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.
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A soulmate is someone to whom we feel profoundly connected, as though the communicating and communing that take place between us were not the product of intentional efforts, but rather a divine grace.
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Came but for friendship, and took away love.
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Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her hand she bore.
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All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.
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The devil...the prowde spirite...cannot endure to be mocked.
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With what a deep devotedness of woe I wept thy absence - o'er and o'er again Thinking of thee, still thee, till thought grew pain, And memory, like a drop that, night and day, Falls cold and ceaseless, wore my heart away!
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We let a river shower its banks with a spirit that invades the people living there, and we protect that river, knowing that without its blessings the people have no source of soul.
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A philosopher being asked what was the first thing necessary to win the love of a woman, answered, Opportunity!
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Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.
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The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human and if you are not human, you don't have a soul.
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Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your anguish Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal.
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In our prayer and meditation we hope for fulfilling ordinary life.
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